Ad Uses Virginia Shooting To Attack Congressional Hopeful Jon Ossoff

An ad linked the Virginia shooting to Democrats and Georgia political upstart Jon Ossoff, showing that not everyone is heeding the calls for kinder rhetoric.

After the terrible shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) and four others in Alexandria, Virginia, there have been calls from both sides of the political aisle for a check on inflammatory rhetoric.

"The man is fighting for his life. I think it’s disgraceful to politicize it, and I think Secretary Handel should call for it to come down," Ossof told reporters for The Hill. "You have a national tragedy that has united people. There are still people who are in critical condition. It's just got no place in an attack ad."

Kate Constantini, a spokeswoman for Handel, also reprimanded the ad, but did not demand that it be taken down.

“For any group to use the shootings this week for political or personal benefit is shameful,” she said in a statement on Handel's behalf. “This group should be ashamed.”